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| Simulation of Higgs production and decay in the CMS experiment. 2005, Courtesy of CERN. | The CMS detector just before closure for aboveground testing in 2006. Courtesy of CERN. | Precision temperature monitoring (PTM) and Humidity monitoring (HM) sensors of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter. 2006, Courtesy of CERN. |
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| The lowering of the first tremendous endcap disc, known as YE+3, of the CMS particle detector slowly and carefully 100 m underground into the experimental cavern.2006, Courtesy of CERN. | A splash of particles entering the CMS detector. 2009, Courtesy of CERN. | First half of the CMS inner tracking barrel. 2006, Courtesy of CERN. |
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| Lowering of the central slice of the CMS detector. 2007, Courtesy of CERN. | A CMS crystal. These crystals will be mounted into the detector. 2008, Courtesy of CERN. | CMS images taken by Boaz Klima. Courtesy of Fermilab Visual Media Services/Boaz Klima. |
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| ECAL supermodules installed in one side of CMS. 2007, Courtesy of CERN. | Simulation of a detection of the Higgs boson in the CMS experiment. 2007, Courtesy of CERN. | The CMS Cavern in February 2009. Courtesy of CERN. |
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| The CMS Cavern in February 2009. Courtesy of CERN. | The CMS detector before closure in 2008. Courtesy of CERN. | View of the CMS detector before closure in August 2008. Courtesy of CERN. |
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